Garment support



Dec. 4 1923. 1,476,505

I. L. GATES GARMENT SUPPORT Filed March 21 1923 2 sheetssheet 1 Dec. 4 1923.

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Patented Dec. 4 1923.

UNITED srarss ISABEL LIKENS GATES, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

GARMENT SUPPORT.

Application 'filed March 21, 1923.

T 41 w ham it may concern:

Be it known that T, Ts-ABEL LIKENS (turns, a citizen of the United States, residing at ll ashington, District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improve ments'in Garment Supports, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to camisoles, brassiercs, ladies lingerie, dresses or similar articles of apparel which are supported or hung from the shoulders of the wearer, and more particularly to the provision of means for supporting a garment of this character in such a manner as to obviate the tendency of such supporting means to slide off from the shoulders of the wearer and at the same time having said means contracting or gathering certain parts of said garment.

A further object of the invention is the provision of means for supporting a garment and comprising a strap, tape or ribbon formed preferably from a single continuous piece, and which can be very readily applied or removed when the garment is to be laundered or a new string utilized and which will be attractive in appearance.

Illustrative embodiments of the invention are shown in the accompanying drawing, in

which- 1 Fig. 1 is a perspective View of the garment on a wearers body with the support ing means in place.

Figs. .2, 3 and 4 are plan views of three forms of the invention with the garment omitted.

Figs. 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 are plan views of different forms of the invention with the garment omitted.

Reference is made to the applicants copending application, Serial No. 622,946, filed March 5, 1923, wherein is disclosed two types of garments having their upper portions provided with certain means by which Serial No. 626,592.

tions 5 and 6 of the ribbon are then passed upwardly and rearwardly over the shoulders and enter the garment at points adja cent and in back of the shoulders of the wearer.

The ribbon portions 7 and 8 are then threaded or woven thru the opposite arm-pit portions of the garment around toward the front and continue thru the front edge of the garment until they reach the front center of the garment thereby form-'''" ing the front engaging portions 9 and 10.

The ends 11 and 12 are then tied, bowed or suitably secured to each other as at 13.

From the drawing it will be seen that Fig. 3 differs from Fig. 2 in that instead of having the shoulder strap portions 5 and 6 con nected together by the continuous portion 4 they are connected by the portions 14 and 15 carrying respectively the tape ends 16 and 17 which may be suitably tied together and instead of having the arm-pit engaging portions 7 and 8 connected by portions 9 and .10 they are connected by a continuous front engaging tape portion 18.

The modification shown in Fig. 4 differs from that Shown in Fig. 2 in that the portions 9 and 10 are omitted and the tape terminates in ends 19 and 20 situated at points adjacent and in front'of the wearers shoulders where they may be suitably connected or fastened to the garment as by tying, pinning or stitching.

The form shown in Fig. 5 comprises a plurality of shoulder strap portions 21 and. 22, a plurality of rear engaging portions 23 and 24, a plurality of front engaging portions 25, 26 and 27, and a plurality of armpit engaging portions 28 and 29. The portions 23 and 24 extend across and are threaded thru the back of the garment, the portions 25, 26, and 27 extend across and are threaded thru the front of the garment and the portions 28 and 29 extend thruout and are threaded thru the arm-pit portions of the garment while all of these portions engage their respective garment parts in slidable fashion.

Fig. 6 differs from Fig. 5 in that instead of having the portions 26 and 27 the shoulder straps 21 and 22 terminate in tape ends 30 and 31 which are preferably secured to the garment in a manner and place similar to the ends 19 and 20. 7

Fig. 7 differs from Fig. 5 in that instead of having the shoulder straps 21 and 22 connected by two separated portions 26 and 27 they are connected by a continuous portion 39 while instead of having the arm-pit portions 28 and 29 connected by a continuous portion 25 they are connected by separated portions 40 and 41 carrying the tape ends 42 and 43 which may be secured together as at 13.

In Fig. 8 the portions 44, and 46 engage and are threaded thru and across the back upper portion of the garment; the portions 47, 48, 49 and 50 engage and are threaded thru and across the front upper portion of the garment; the portions 51 and 52 engage and are threaded thru the arm-v pit portions of the garment while two pairs of shoulder strap portions 53 and 54,-

54 extend up over the shoulders in the manner shown in the drawing.

similar to that s at 13.

The form shown in Fig. 9 omits the portions 49 and 50' and has the shoulder straps 53 and 54 directly connected to each other by the separated front engaging portions 57 and 58 and instead of having the portions 51 and 52 directly connected by the portions 47 and 48 they are directly connected to the portions 53 and 54.

It will be noted that the shoulder strap portions in Figs. 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 are in parallel planes while in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 at least the front portions of the shoulder trap portions are in parallel planes.

It is found that a strap formed of a ribbon preferably continuous and positioned as described is very comfortable to wear and has no tendency to slip off the shoulders,

thus relieving the wearer of the necessityof awkward, and embarrassing movements required to replace the ordinary forms of suspension means in position.

A further advantage of this garment support consists in the fact that it avoids the tearing of the garment to which it is at tached, it yields with the movements of the The ribbon. ends and 56 may be fastened in a manner wearer and draws and contracts certain parts of the garment to the body.

Minor changes may be made in the physical embodiment of the invention without departing from its spirit.

I claim:

1. In combination with a garment having a front portion, a back portion and arm-pit portions, a continuous support having a section threaded through and slidably engag ing one of said portions, sections threaded through and slidably engaging said arm-pit portions and one or more sections adapted to extend across each of the wearers shoulders with all of the parts of said shoulder sections on one side of the wearers body in parallel planes WllGIltllQ garment is in worn condition.

2. In combination with a garment having a front portion, a back portion and arm-pit portions, a continuoussupporthaving a plurality of sections threaded through and slidably engaging one of said portions, sections threaded through and slidably engaging said arm-pit portions and one or more sections adapted to extend across each of the wearers shoulders with all of the parts of said shoulder sections on one side of the wearers body in parallel planes when the garment is in worn condition.

3. In combination with a garment having a front portion, a back portion and armpit portions, a continuous support having a section threaded through and slidably engaging one of said portions, sections threaded through and slidably engaging said armpit portions with the other portion of said garment free of said support.

4. In combination with a garment having rality of sections threaded through and slidably engaging one of said sections, sections threaded through and slidably engaging said arm-pit portions with the other portion of said garment free of said support.

In combination with a garment having a front portion. a back portion, and arm-pit portions, a continuous support having a sec tion threaded through and slidably engag- 1ng one of said portions, sections adapted to extend over a wearers shoulders, and sections threadedthrough and slidably engaging said arm-pit portions with the other portion of said garment free of said support.

ISABEL LIKENS GATES. 

